CONTENTS Connecticut Veterans' Reemployment and Advisory Commission 3 Foreword 5 Acknowledgments 6 Preface 7 Check List of Important Things to Know After Release from the Armed Forces 8 MATTERS PERTAINING TO VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS Personal Affairs of Veterans 1. Reporting to Selective Service After Discharge 9 2. Registering With Selective Service 9 3. Federal Income Tax 9 4. Right to Old Job 11 5. Property and Other Tax Exemptions 12 Recording Discharge with Town Clerk 12 6. Photostatic Copies of Discharge Certificate 13 7. Putting Records in Order 13 8. Mustering Out Pay 13 9. Continuing or Converting National Service Life Insurance 14 Waiver of Premium Payments During Disability 18 10. Discharge Certificates — Loss, Correction, Review 19 11. Claims for Back Pay 20 12. Wearing of Uniform 21 13. Reinduction After Discharge 21 14. Obtaining War Bonds 21 15. Recovery of Lost Property 22 16. Obtaining Discharge Lapel Buttons 23 17. Veterans' Preferences 24 18. Legal Counsel 25 19. Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act 25 20. Housing Information 26 21. Personal and Family Adjustments 26 Financial Benefits for Veterans 22. Readjustment Allowances and Unemployment Compensation 27 23. Soldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Fund 29 24. Local Benefits or Welfare Services 29 Loans for Veterans 25. Home, Farm, Business Loans 29 Education and Training 26. Education and Training for All Veterans (P. L. 346) 31 27. Education and Training for Disabled Veterans (P. L. 16) 34 28. Education and Training for Handicapped Civilians (P. L. 113) 35 29. Types of Educational and Training Opportunities 36 Jobs 30. Employment Services 37 a. United States Employment Service 37 b. Railroad Retirement Board 37 c. Civil Service 37 d. Agricultural Extension Service 37 e. Unions and Private Employers 37 31. Occupational Counseling 39 Disability Benefits 32. Pensions for Veterans 41 33. Appeal of Claim for Pension 42 34. Hospitalization and Related Services 43 35. Domiciliary Care 46 Benefits for Dependents of Veterans Burial of Veterans 36. Burial in National Cemeteries 48 37. Burial in Connecticut State Cemetery 49 38. Burial Allowances (Federal, State) 49 39. Flag for Burial 51 40. Color Guard for Funeral 51 41. Headstones (Federal, State) 52 Other Benefits for Dependents of Veterans 42. Insurance Settlements 53 43. Tax Exemptions for Defendants of Veterans 54 44. Death Pension Benefits for Dependents of Veterans 55 a. Death Due to Wartime Service 55 b. Death Due to Peacetime Service 57 c. Death Regardless of Cause 58 45. Death Gratuity Pay 59 46. Social Security Benefits 59 47. Deceased Veteran's Back Pay 60 48. Educational Benefits for Children of Deceased Veterans 60 APPENDIX Definition of Veteran, Connecticut 62 Federal 63 Evidence in Support of Claim 64 Reference List 67 Glossary 68 Digitized by Google.

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